Changing health status and health expectancies among older adults in China: Gender differences from 1992 to 2002

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2170-2179

  Gu, Danan ^a   Dupre, Matthew E ^b   Warner, David F ^c   Zeng, Yi ^b,d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Chronic disease; Daily activities; Gender; Health expectancy; Life expectancy; Older adults; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67649249903     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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